These 11 Bollywood Celebs Walked Out Of Films After Signing The Dotted Line

Films are a collective effort of an entire team that works day in and day out to bring the most entertaining and inspiring results to us on the silver screen. But ultimately the face of the film become the actors who star in it and draw a large audience to the theatres. It is thus pointless mentioning how important it is to find an actor is a perfect fit to portray a certain character on screen. But it is a major setback for a film if that actor that has been singed walks out on the project for any reason and Bollywood is not unknown to actors doing this. There have been certain instances where the chosen actors walked out after signing a film for various reasons and a replacement has been sort.

Here is a list of actors who walked out on popular Bollywood projects after signing the dotted line.

1.Kriti Sanon – Lucknow Central - An excited Kriti a few days ago shared the news of shooting a second film in the City Of Nawabs, Lucknow after completing Bareily Ki Barfi and that was Lucknow Central. But the film that was supposed to go on floors from September end onwards got delayed and Kriti had already allotted those dates to another project. So Kriti was ultimately left with no option but to walk out of this Farah Akhtar starrer film.

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2. Rekha – Fitoor – The veteran actress was the original begum in Shekhar Kapur’s Fitoor instead of Tabu. In fact, she had even shot for the most part of the film in Kashmir and her portion was almost complete. But she suddenly pulled out of the project and it was reportedly because she did not like her look in the film and how her character was shaping up.

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3.Kareena Kapoor – Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela - The news was viral that Kareena was originally cast opposite Ranveer Singh for Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela. With everything in place for the shoot of the film, Kareena Kapoor pulled out of the film 10 days before the shoot had to start. The reason stated was that she was uncomfortable with the no pregnancy clause in the contract.

4. Irrfan Khan - Yaara – The actor who had worked with Tigmanshu Dhulia in Paan Singh Tomar before, walked out on his upcoming project Yaara for unknown reasons. He was signed alongside Manoj Bajpayee in this story of friendship and love. Now Amit Sadh and Vidyut Jamwal are lined up in the project which has gotten much delayed.

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5. Smriti Irani – All Is Well – The film got delayed by six months as director Umesh Shukla waited for Smriti who was playing the mother in the film to wrap up her political commitments. But Smriti had to take up the chair as the HRD minister and let this film go. Supriya Pathak ultimately did the role.

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6.Prachi Desai – Penalty – The Azhar actress signed this football based film and even shot for 2 days before she opted out. Repotedly she did not like how the film was shaping up and thus chose to walk away.

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7. Chitrangada Singh – Babumoshai Bandookbaaz – The actress put her foot down when she was uncomfortable with a intimate scene in this film with actor Nawazuddin Siddqiui and walked out because she did not agree with director Kushan Nandy.

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8.Kareena Kapoor – Kaho Na Pyaar Hai – Kareena’s debut was planned with this Hrithik Roshan blockbuster, but she chose to quit the film after a few days off shoot. The reason apparently was that Bebo was insecure of being overshadowed all the limelight be thrown on Hirthik and thus she picked another film to make her debut with.

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Sushant Singh Rajput - Romeo Akbar Walter - Sushant who was keen about his role in Romeo Akbar Walter backed out of the project after the first look of the film was out. His reason was lack of dates to give to the film where he was to play a RAW agent. He confirmed the news to Mid Day saying, "Unfortunately, I will not be part of Romeo Akbar Walter due to changes in my prior commitments. I wanted to be part of the project because I love the story, and believe it must be told, but, that will not happen."

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Abhishek Bachchan - Paltan - The actor was quite kicked about working with J.P. Dutta on this war drama until one day before the shoot had to begin. He abruptly walked out of the film leaving everyone stunned and a few days later it was reported that he did so because was not satisfied with his screen time in the film. Harshvardhan Rane will be replacing him in the film.

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Well someone’s loss is another person’s gain and so is the case with all these films, after all the show must go on!

Priyanka Chopra - Bharat - Priyanka first made the fans go crazy when she announced that she will join the cast of Salman Khan's big upcoming project Bharat as her come back movie. Later she made headlines for opting out of the film due to her engagement with her boyfriend Nick Jonas. Katrina Kaif stepped in after the director of the film Ali Abbas Zafar announced Priyanka's departure.